Thursday, June 2, 2016

Cookie Dough for Gifting

If you tend to not think about
hostess gifts until you're walking out the door on your way to the party, only
to have to stop at the liquor store or flower market along the way, you can now
relax. Here is something you can make way ahead, and that will be more
appreciated than any bottle of wine or bouquet of flowers.

The next time you make up a
batch of cookies for yourself or your family, make a double batch. Bake up the
one for you, and then roll the remaining dough into 1-1¼" balls, place
them on a foil or parchment-lined cookie sheet, and pop them into the freezer
for 30 minutes.

At the same time, grab one of those
apothecary jars that you always seem to have in the back of your pantry taking
up space, and place it into the freezer as well.

When the cookie dough balls
have frozen, place them into the chilled jar, put the lid on the jar (and top
this with foil or plastic wrap if the seal is not a tight one), attach baking
instructions (bearing in mind when you do that frozen dough is going to take a
minute or two longer to bake than dough that is simply chilled), and return it
to the freezer to lie in wait.

When you're heading out the door to your next party, simply grab a jar of
cookie dough and be on your way. Who wouldn't love a gift like this?

3 comments:

What a great idea!! I will have to pin this for future use. I do something similar during the holidays. I bake my cookies and freeze before frosting. When I am going to an event I just defrost and frost and they all think I baked them that morning!